Monthly Archives: June 2009

Wow. Billy Mays is gone. Kind of weird, isn’t it? He was a real salesman and entertainer. And he was great to watch on that show “Pitchmen”.

In honor of Mr. Mays, I will test one of his “as seen on tv” products.

I’ve been going through them and I’m not sure what to test. I’m leaning toward the Mighty Mend It or the What Odor? I have a couch that has been attacked by cats and well, I have cats, so I’m always paranoid about cat odor. What do you guys think?

* I didn’t make it to Whole Foods this week, which means that my prime source of bumper stickers was untapped. But I’ll tell you about a car I do see a lot. This car has a McCain sticker, a Cubs sticker, and a whole bunch of Washington Mutual “Whoohoo” stickers. I call it “loser car”. But it also has a “semper fi” sticker, so I won’t say it to his face.

* It’s over. It was good. It gets a whole post later.

* My fingernails had the manners to wait until I was loading the car up after the event to break. How often does that happen?

* I saw something that yesterday that I used to see all the time, but haven’t in years and seeing it yesterday kind of made me realize that. Remember those clothes poles that would hang across the back seat of cars? I saw one yesterday and it occurred to me that I couldn’t remember the last time I had seen one.

* It is too hot. I don’t say that often but it is too hot. I’m just glad I got rid of some of the extra weight before this or I would truly be miserable.

* The keys on my laptop are sticking. This annoys me. A lot. It takes me about three times as long to type as it usually does because I have to keep backspacing to get skipped letters. Grrrr…

* Back on the diet today. No more stress eating.

* Still on the fence about the HS reunion. Seriously. It appears that most of the people I would actually want to see aren’t going to be there, and when you factor in the expense, it just, well, I dunno….

* I found this store brand of granola that tastes like Cocoa Puffs. Spouse and the kids eat it like it’s crack. Good thing it’s only $2.59 box.

* So it’s the day after a big in project in my life. What does that mean? Well, my longtime reader knows it means PEDICURE! See ya! Be sure to visit Mrs.4444 for other FF’s.

A quick note to my “Minglers” and “FF” followers: I’ll get to you soon. I promise. VVVVVVV busy this week trying to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. But I’d thought I’d take a moment to share this with you because it’s funny and it’s Monday, and we could all use a laugh. :)

* Really? That’s my fault? I guess it is because I set a bad precedent for expectations over the years. But still. My fault? Sheesh.

* Not sleeping, again. Ugh.

* Track season is over for my guys, but Thing 2 still wants to train with the team until the sessions are over. And seeing as he’s allowed to, I don’t see this as being a problem, other than going across town in rush hour traffic when it is over 100 degrees outside. No problem whatsoever. Seriously though, I’m glad he has something that he really likes.

* Fingernail season is almost over in my house. I have to start practicing again soon, which means the very pretty fingernails that I have been growing will have to go away. With my luck, they’ll all break the day of the auction so I have crap nails the one day it would really matter.

* The fundraiser has gone from “abysmal failure” to “not successful”. There’s six days left, so here’s hoping!

* I haven’t been talking to my mom as much with all of this stuff going on both at work and at home, so I finally made it a point to talk to her yesterday. And then she IMMEDIATELY says “Do you know that it’s been 11 days since we’ve talked? You’re my only family, at my age you should call me every day.” Ok, for starters, not her only family, just only child, and then “at her age?” Sheeh, she’s 61 and in fabulous health. By the end of the conversation I was completely reminded of why I don’t like to talk to her when I have a lot going on. Added drama is not needed, thankyouverymuch. What this woman really needs are some friends.

* My cat keeps finding stuff on the floor of my office to eat. I have no clue what it could be since there isn’t anything that I can see that would elicit such a response. Invisible kibble? Bugs? Or maybe we just like carpet fibers? Whatever he’s eating, it’s weird.

*Last week, when I said that my guest post at Jen’s place would have substance, that wasn’t a knock on the FF’s. That was a knock on the, um, “ethereal” nature of the posts here. You can read that post here. Thanks for letting me guest post, Jen. It was fun. :)

Ok, that’s it for me today. No track, so that means I’m sleeping in tomorrow. And by that I mean that I’m sleeping in, dammit. Sunday/Monday is going to be a long day for me. Need my rest. Later! Be sure to visit Mrs.4444 for more on this score. Sorry, had to rhyme there for a moment. :)